Bananas T. Bear
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Bananas T. Bear is the costumed black bear mascot representing the University of Maine at its athletic events and campus activities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bananas T. Bear canonical | 5 |
| Bananas the Bear | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1762275 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bananas T. Bear Context triple: [University of Maine, mascot, Bananas T. Bear]
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A.
Monkey & Bear
"Monkey & Bear" is a song by the American indie folk musician Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate storytelling and harp-driven composition.
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B.
Going Bananas
"Going Bananas" is a British comedy film featuring Norman Wisdom in one of his characteristically slapstick, lighthearted roles.
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C.
Boo Hoo the Bear
Boo Hoo the Bear is the costumed mascot representing Queen's University at Kingston, symbolizing school spirit and supporting the university’s athletic teams and events.
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D.
Canaan Banana
Canaan Banana was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who became the country’s first president after independence in 1980.
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E.
The Nine Bears
The Nine Bears is a crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring one of his characteristic fast-paced mystery plots involving high-stakes intrigue and investigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bananas T. Bear Target entity description: Bananas T. Bear is the costumed black bear mascot representing the University of Maine at its athletic events and campus activities.
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A.
Monkey & Bear
"Monkey & Bear" is a song by the American indie folk musician Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate storytelling and harp-driven composition.
-
B.
Going Bananas
"Going Bananas" is a British comedy film featuring Norman Wisdom in one of his characteristically slapstick, lighthearted roles.
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C.
Boo Hoo the Bear
Boo Hoo the Bear is the costumed mascot representing Queen's University at Kingston, symbolizing school spirit and supporting the university’s athletic teams and events.
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D.
Canaan Banana
Canaan Banana was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who became the country’s first president after independence in 1980.
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E.
The Nine Bears
The Nine Bears is a crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring one of his characteristic fast-paced mystery plots involving high-stakes intrigue and investigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
costumed character
ⓘ
university mascot ⓘ |
| affiliation |
University of Maine Black Bears
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine Black Bears
|
| appearsAt |
University of Maine athletic events
ⓘ
University of Maine campus events ⓘ |
| associatedColor |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| associatedWith | University of Maine campus activities ⓘ |
| characterType | anthropomorphic bear ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| conference |
America East Conference
ⓘ
Hockey East ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| levelOfPlay | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Orono, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascotOf | University of Maine athletic teams ⓘ |
| represents |
University of Maine
ⓘ
University of Maine Black Bears teams ⓘ
linked to:
Maine Black Bears
University of Maine school spirit ⓘ |
| role |
athletics mascot
ⓘ
school spirit symbol ⓘ |
| shortName | Bananas ⓘ |
| species | black bear ⓘ |
| sportContext | college sports ⓘ |
| university | University of Maine ⓘ |
| usedFor |
entertainment at games
ⓘ
fan engagement ⓘ promotional appearances ⓘ |
| wears | University of Maine athletic uniform ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bananas T. Bear Description of subject: Bananas T. Bear is the costumed black bear mascot representing the University of Maine at its athletic events and campus activities.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.